Mary Rodgers was the daughter of Broadway icon Richard Rodgers who found her own fame as composer of the 1959 musical Once Upon a Mattress. The production was a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fable The Princess and the Pea, and made a star of Carol Burnett. The comedic actor and the musical received Tony nominations. Rodgers was also a children’s book author who scored big with Freaky Friday, in which a mother and daughter trade bodies. The book was twice adapted into a Disney movie, most recently in 2003 starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. MARY RODGERS ——->

Ms. Rodgers grew up in a household steeped in music and theatre culture. The daughter of South Pacificand Flower Drum Songcomposer Richard Rodgers and Dorothy Rodgers, Mary was also the mother of a musical theater composer, Adam Guettel, a Tony Award winner for The Light in the Piazza. Her dad had iconic collaborative efforts with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein. Mary’s other shows include From A to Z, a revue featuring her songs; and two other short-lived shows: Hot Spotand The Madwoman of Central Park West, a one-person musical starring Phyllis Newman.

Mary was a director of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization and a board member of ASCAP. She also served for as chairman of the Juilliard School.

Mary Rodgers was 83.

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This weekend I will spend treasured time discussing Self-Publishing in the Digital Age at the 2014 Southwest Technology and Computer Conference. For our tech-savvy friends in Southern California, come down Sunday and pick up a copy of my Forgotten Hollywood Book Series. Here are the details:

2014 SOUTHWEST TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER CONFERENCE

Kellogg West Conference Center

3801 W. Temple Avenue, Building 76, Pomona, CA

Presentation – Workshop – Book Signing

June 29th

Sunday 9a – 12p

http://www.theswcc.org/2014-sponsors.html

Until next time> “never forget”

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